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Situation Zero

Situation Zero

More than 300,000 Cambodians are living in "temporary" evacuation sites along the Thai-Cambodian border; many have lived in these condition since 1979. The largest of these camps is Site-2, with a population of over 180,000. Follows the daily life of Yan Chheing, a sixty-year old grandmother and former peasant farmer, her daughter and three grandchildren. As she speaks of their present situation, the personal and tragic story of her family is shown.